Button



(No Model.)

G. S. TIFFANY.

' BUTTON.

10.415.130. Patented Nov. 12, 1889.v

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GEORG-E SYIJYESTER TIFFANY, OF TECUMSEI-I, MICHIGAN.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,130, dated November 12, 1889.

I Application filed May 29, 1889. Serial No. 3121636. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

, Be it known that I, GEORGE SYLvEsTER TIFFANY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Tecumseh, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Cuff or Collar Buttons, of which the following is a specication.

My invention has relation to improvements in cuff and collar buttons of that class or style used to secure separable parts of garments together and an outer or inner part of the apparel or neck-wear to the cuff or collar.

The particular object ofV my present invention is to improve and simplify the construction of that certain cui-'t and collar button shown and described in my former Letters Patent, No. 398,096, dated February 19, 1889.

I have fully illustrated my present invention in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 'l is a side elevation, the position of the holding-pin when engaged in the garment being shown in dotted lines over the head of the'button. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the relation of the parts when the button is in use, the reverse position of the pivoted arm of the hinged shoe being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a view of the pin removed from the button. Fig. 4 is ya side View, in elevation, showing the hinged shoe of the button turned up, with the pivoted part thereof in such relation thereto as to be entered in a button-hole. One of the parts of the head of the button is broken'off in this iigure to show the position of the pin when turned down..

Fig. 5 is a side view showing one side of the `button removed to show the washers and the pin on its bearing. Fig. 6 is a detail View of the hinged shoe wit-h pivoted arm or part. Fig. 7 is a view of one of the blanks forming the half of the stem and head.

A designates the hinged shoe of the button; B, the stem of -the button; C, the head, and D the fastening-pin.

The head C consists of two semicircular pieces of suitable metal, having angular eX- tensions, substantially as shown, which are turned upward to form the stem B. The two pieces thus formed are connected together by means of small rivets l, washers 2 being arranged between the plates of the stem, with the rivets passed through them to separate the plates of the stemv and 'leave space between them for the pin to move through or in. The rivets should be arranged in the stem so lthat the arm of the pin can move upward far enough to throw the pin over the button to the desired limit.

The fastening-pin D consists of a suitable piece of metal having a radial arm 3, a fingerlug 4, and the curved pin 5. This fasteningpin is mounted between the plates of the stem on a journal-pin 6, and can be moved on its bearing to draw the pin from its position over the button and return it to that position.

To one of the plates of the stem is hinged the hinged shoe A, which consists of a hinged and shorter part 7, having pivoted thereto and thereon a longer piece or arm 8, which turns on its pivot on a plane coincident with the face of the hinged part to which it is attached. The shorter part of the pivoted arm 8 may be formed with beveled corners 9, and lodge in the seat lO, formed in the stemplate,when turned so as to be in a position for readily entering a button-hole. The arm S, when the button has been inserted in the garment, is swung around on its pivot a halfcircle,l when the parts constitute a shoe for holding-the button in place in the garment. It will be perceived that for the purpose of a button alone the pin may be dispensed with and the hinged shoe serve the same purpose in either construction.

To insert my improved button in the button-holes of the cuff, collar, or meeting edges of the garment, the pin is turned back from its position over the hinged shoe, then the pivoted part of the hinged shoe is turned about `until its position is reversed, and then the hinged shoe may be turned upward on its hinge and be easily inserted in the buttonholes, which are pressed down over the stem of the button. The pivoted arm is then swung around on its pivot to reverse position and the hinged shoe falls across the button-hole. If it b e desired to attach the apparel to a part of the garment, the cuft or other part is arranged in position, and the pin being turned up, passes through the garmentand holds the parts together.

Having thus described my invention, whatA I claim isl. The collar and cuff button herein de- IOC scribed, consisting,` of a head and stein formed of two parts secured together with a space between them, a fasteningpin journaled in the stem, and a hinged shoe composed of two parts, one of which is hinged to the stem of the button and the other pivoted to the hinged part, substantially as described.

2. The collar and cuff button herein described, consisting of a head and, stem and a shoe hinged tothe stem and provided with an arm pivoted 011 the shoe and arranged to be reversed on its pivot on a plane parallel with the face of the shoe, substantiall 1 as and for the purpose specified.

3. A collar and cu button consisting of two substantially semcircular pieces of metal having angular extensions to form the stem of the button, a fastening-pin journaled between the plates of the stem and adaptedito lbe reciprocated, a shoe on the stem, and an arm pivotedon the hinged shoe, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE SYLVESTER TIFFANY. Attest:

FRED A. TIFFANY, HENRY WEISKETTLE. 

